Young people’s embodied voices: experiences and learning in dance education practices across the world

This panel presents selected findings from ongoing dance research projects conducted in different educational, social and cultural contexts. The purpose of the panel is first of all to draw attention to the voices of children living in such different place as Northern Europe and the Asia Pacific region and to cast light on what seems significant in their accounts expressing their experiences and possibilities for learning. Moreover, the purpose is to discuss the meaning of these accounts related to their specific contexts and underlying educational philosophies while investigating the kinds of experiences and learning that dance can generate. The panelists will present and discuss what the young people whose voices are ‘heard’ in these studies have in common and what similarities and differences there seem to be in their experiences of dance in educational contexts.